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EARPER'S MAGAZINE.
The Choicest Literature. the Most
Beautiful Pictures. the Most Vail
uabIe Matter-..Everybod Should
Subscribe for il.

IOE
Hn,per's Maqazine for February is pccu-
liarly strong Number, being freighted with
three serial storics. any one of which would
be an extraordinary feast, four richly illus
trated descriptive articles. short story by
Grant Allen, and an attractive variety OF
short poems, one of them from COwley $
"The Mistress being charmngly illustrated
by Abbey and Parsons
The striking frontispiece, "Monse hunlins
by Jack light" Is one of Mr.. Fro>t's brilliant
illustrations to the paper on Moose hunt
ing" by Henry p. Wells.
Charles Dudley Warner describes the Bayou
Teche Country of Southern Louisiana, known
as "The Acadian Land" very cntertuiningly,
and his fellow-traveller, the artist W. H. Glib
son, beautifully illustrates his text.
Mr.. HOwell>S new novel, "Aprll Hopes,
begins with every assurance of eNcelling even
his high standard, taking Boston life OF to-day
for his theme.
of the Continental navics of Europe carefully
measures the naval strength of Italy, Russia
Germany, Austria, and Turkey. y dozen
illustrations, four OF them fu!l pages, picture
the essential characteristics OF these rival
armaments.
The war correspondent, Frank ID. Mil!ct,
contributes sequel to his illustrated dcScrip-
tion of Summer life among the CUS$acks In
the January Number. "a Winter Campaign
with the Cossacks'' contains several thrilling
and curious passages recounting the harGy,
Cars army. The authors drawings render
his article doubly interesting.
The eleventh part Of Clackmore's novel
.Spring- haven" rapidly progresses towards
the close Of Nelson's splendid career Two
instalnents more will complete this UNIQUE
story. AS before, Barnard and Parsons fur
nish the illustrations in Il mastery styiG: ,
Abraham CowleyS neom,, The Mi>h;n
illustrated by ten drawings from Alfred Par
sons and Edwin y. Al hey:
The second part OF "Narka.' kathlocn
O'Mearts dramatic. story OF Russian life,
moves powerfully amid stirring scehcS.
George William Curtis. in tn" EdH0r'S Easy
Chair talks with his general racincSS Of the
American Opera, the limits of newspaper pro-
prieties, the value of censurc, domestic ser
vice ms an employment for American women,
and Joe Jefferson.
w. ID. Howeils in the EdEor's Stutiy makes
most careful and delightful estimate of short
stories as a peculiar phase Of modern iitera.
ture, and enumcratcs the most successful
writers OF them.
The Edifor'S Drd,Uer is we'll filed with spicy
humors, introduced by an essay from Char.cs
Dudley Warner on February, and concluding
with page drawing Of English aristocratic
peculariies BY George Du Mourier
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uNHEsE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED in
4 1871 by Mcssrs. Geo. Sinclair and james An
drrson and purchased by me in The year 1856, and
from that time till now carried on successfully by
myself Ny friends and customers will bear witness
of the large and stupendous ObS executed by me. 1t
was ut my works where the largest and almost only
Job of its class executed in this city done
Works In the year 1855. In the branch OF BELL
POUNDING, can say that have made the largest
bells cast in the State, such the bell for the
City Hall in Columbia.
My stock uf patterns for ARCHITECTURAL
WORK COLUMNS for Store fronts, is large and
and Cemeteries have the largest variety and most
modern patterns; MANY Of these patented and
have purchased tho right for this state.
In the machine tinc can furnish my patrons with
STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS Of any size and
description. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have
carried off the prize Mt every State Fair held in this
city, and in their construction have taken pains to
combine simplicity with the most useful modern n-
provcmcnts. and may fatter myself that my C1RCU-
LAR SAW MILLS find favor with every sawyer who
understands his business.
The many orders am steadily receiving for SU
GAR CANE MILLS prove that the pnhlic appreciate
the mills of my make, and 81 it Is with my GEAR.
ING for HORSE POWERS. GIN WHEELS, GRIsT
MILLS and other MACHINERY.
have the manufacturing right of many PATENTS
such rs castings for ROCK COTTON AND HAY
PRESS and three or four different FEED CUTTERS
and other implements.
will be pleased to send my circulars to any nppi-
cant. together with price list estimate Ny prices
nre moderate, and the public that they are
my work will compare fav"raby with that OF any 9TH
er maker. Address
John Alexander.
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Our States Prosperity.
1BurnlCcU Sentinel.

The more we see of the States progress and
prosperity on paper, and the more we thlnii
of the pride which every Carolinan ought TO
feel In the condition Of his people, the more
convinced we are of the fact that those who
furnish the information out OF which this
gaudy framework is manufactured are utterly
ignorant Of our true condition as Il people.
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Valuable Land for Sale.

r WILL sell ut private sale. TWO Hun
1 DRIED AND Fifty ACRES OF LAND,
within three and Il half miles OF DGnal dsrillr.
Any one desiring Ia buy land in that locality
would do well To look ut this land. 1t will he
divided into Ole or more tracts TO suit pur-
chaser.
MRS. SALLIE T.. MARTIN,
Nov. l., 1856, Gt* DGnadSrillc, :. L.
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Estate of Della Howe.

1EBTORS TO THIS ESTATE are hereby
- notified that INTEREST due on BONDS
must be paid by 1st February next. or the
bonds will be put in suit. BY order of Trus-
tees. W VI. II. fAitNEN,
JAN 10, 1857, st Treasurer.
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Tle State Of South Carolina,
County Of Abbeville.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
John w. Sign, rs Administrator Of Estate OF
Fannie Watkins, deceased, Plaintiff,
against
Anna p. LomaI, JOHN r. Watkins, Robert a
Watkins, Harriet e. Watkins, Charles n.
Watkins, and ]. +. Lyon, as Guardian, De
PENDANTS.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
Compliant not serred.)

To the Defendants Anna +. Lomax, John a.
Watkins, Robert a. Wa,kinS. Harriet G
Watkins, Charles D. Watkins, and J. F.
Lyon, Of whom Anna B. LomaX, Harriet
&. Watkins. Charles ID. Watkins and Rob
ert \. Watkins are residents of the city OF
Augusta. State of Georgia:
required to answer the complaint in this ac
ton, which is filed in the office Of the Clerk
of the said Court for said Slate and County,
and to serve a copy OF your answer to the
said complaint on the subscribers ut their of
flee at Abbcvlle Court House, South Carolina.
within twenty days after the service hereof
exclusive of the day of such service: and If
you fail to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will
aprly to the Court for the relief demanded In
the complaint.
Dated % November \. D. 1SSG.
PERRIN & COTHRAN,
plaintiffs Attorneys
To Anna r. LomaN, Robert 4. Watkins, Har-
rict c. Watkins and Charles d. Watkins:
TAKE NOTICE that the complaint in the
above stated case, with the summons of which
the foregoing is n copy, was filed in my office
at Abbcvile Court House, in State Of South
Carolina, on the 9th December, 1876.
LL.S.] NJ. G. ZEIGLER,
Dec. %, 1856, ct C.C.P.
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Copartnership Notice.

rlNIIE undersigned have this day formed n
l copartn"rshp for the practice OF law un-
der the firm name Of DcSEsGIIL d EEAD.
EEY.
Oilicc No. 2O'Neal Range
NJ. p. DEBHTHT..
VI. y. BRADLEY.
January lst, 1856. If
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Dwelling House to Rent.

i OFFER to rent for 1857, my dwelling house
on Main street. For terms. apply To Miss
ELIZA CATER, at McssrS. Il. VI. IIaddon &
Co.'S millinery store. II. \. WILSON.
Dec Ij lSSti t.
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Notice.

A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
n OF the Chester, Greenwood aud AbbevillC
Railroad Company will be held at Greenwood
on Thursday evening, at p. H., The 2Uth ol
JANUARY instant.
JULIUS MILLS, President
Ian 10 1857 2t
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For Sale.

lnn BUSHELS PETERklN COTTON seed;
1UU 3 pure bred Berkshire pigs (inalcs,l >
months old: subject % registration Very fine.
/ thoroughly trained pointer d"G-vcry intel
liEent; pointer pup. W H. hNf1.
Ian 10 lSS7, If Corunaca, =. c.
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Look to Your Interest.

reNlIt: best and cheapest assortment of Euggy
| Harness ever offered for sale iii AbheviiIc.
Persons buying for cash will find it to their
interest to call and examine them. They
range In price from eight Ia twenty-five dol
lars per set, at the harness shop of
TuOS. GEGGS.
Nov. l.. 1856.
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Farm to Rent.

'I'llAT valuable farm containing 80 acres,
/ on Dcndy place, but recently part of the
estate Of Jacob Mile! is offered for rent Ap-
ply carly at the Press AMI BuHHcr Office, q.
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John Alexander,
CoNGAREE IRON WORKS. Columbia, S. G..
Atlantic Coast Line.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT

PASSENUEK DEPAKI IMENT.
WlLMINGToN. N. g., Jun. 90, 1855.
FAST LINE between Charleston and Columbia and
L Upper South Carolina
GNlNG WEST
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Breast Collars.

Few plain and fancy Dutch or Breast
a Collars just received and for sale cheap.
- THOS. BEGGS,
Sept 81, 1855.
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Cloaks and Jackets.

WE have few ladies cloaks and jackets
w still on hand that we arc offering at less
than net cost. Come and get one.
W. JOEL SMITH e son.
Jan. ), 1857, II
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Notice
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Due wcst-21st and 22nd of January,
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Beautiful Hands.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands,
They're neither white nor small,
And you. l know, would scarcely thlhk
That they were fair at all.
I've looked on hands whose form ana nue.
4 sculptorS dream might be,
Yet are these aged wrinklcd hands
Most beautiful TO me.
Such beautiful, such beautiful hands
Though heart was weary ana SAD,
These patient hands kept toiling on,
That the children might be glad.
I almost weep, as looking back
TO chldhoOd'S distant day.
think how these hands rested not
When mine were at their play.
oh! those beautiful hands,
They're growing feeble now;
For time and pain have left their mark
On hand ard heart and brow,
Alas! alas the nearing timc,.
And the sad. sad day 10 me,
When meath the daisies, out of sight,
These hands will folded be.
But oh, beyond this Shadow-lamp,
Where all is bright and lair
know full well these dear old hands
Will palms of victory bear.
Where crystal streams, through cndless years
Flow over golden sands,
And where the old grow young again,
I'll clasp my mothers hand.
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RICHMOND AND WEST POINT TERMINAL
CRIES FOR MORE.

The Purchase of the East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia Completed
...EumOrs about the Control Of the
Georgia CentraI---A Broad Hint
that IL is well Enough Controlled
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soUTHBorSp. no so. SOITuBoUSD. NO. 53.

No So makes close connection for Atlanta.
No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and
Charleston at Columbia.
JAS. T.. TAYLOR, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
d. CARDWELL, 4. p. a., Columbia, S. G.
SOL. HAAS, Traffic Manager.
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II IIILL PAY IO[.

II you propose gong West or North
West, to write to me. 1 represent the
Short Line.
FRED. d. BUSH, ID. l.. A.,
Nov. ) 1856, Gm. Atlanta, Ga.
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We are Sole Agents

We are Sole Agents
nor THE "ELECTRIC" CUTLERY. Scis.
Il sorS, Shears, RaZOrS and Knives; abso-
lut"ly the hest goods ever Offered to cnSto-
mrrS. II the ladies will give the "Elcctric'
Shears and Scissors and the gentlemen the
"Elcctric" RaZorS n trial they will not have
any thing else. Look out for our handsome
"Electrc' show ease on the right, rs you en-
W. JOEL SMITH & son.
Tan : 1857 If
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-29

them, and the half-dressed woman who seem always to be snoozing in the sun.
 Surrounding the city for radius of threescore miles is a jungle full of patriarchal trees, stately and Vener- able, draped with long moss and slender vines that look like the rigging of ship. Their limbs are covered with wonderful orchids, as bright and radiant as the plimage of the birds, the Espiritu Santo and other rare plants being as plentiful as the daisies in a New England meadow. There is another flower, elsewhere unknown, called the "turn-sol," which in the morning is white and wax-like, resembling the camellia, but at noon has turned to the most vivid scarlet, and at sunset drops off it's stem. This picture is seen from shipboard through veil of mist--miasmatic vapor-in which the lungs of men find poison. but the air-plants food. It teaches from the breast of the mountains to the foam-fringed shore, broken only by the feecy clouds that hang low and motionless in the atmosphere, as if they, with all the rest of nature, had sniffed the fragrance of the poppy and sunk to sleep.
 But in the mornings and evenings, when the air is cool, Limon is a busy place. Dwarfish engines with long trains of cars wind down from the in- terior. laden with coffee and bauanas. Half-naked foustabouts file back and forth across the gang-planks loading steamers for Liverpool New York and New Orleans. The coffee is allowed to accumulate in the warehouses un- til the vessels come, but the bananas must not be picked till the last moment at telegraphic notice, the morning the steamer sails. Trains of cars are sent to the side tracks of ev. cry plantation, and are loaded with the half-ripe fruit still glistening with the dew. There are often as many as fifty thousand punches on a single steamer, representing six million ba- nanas, but they are so perishable that more than half the cargo goes over board before its dest ination is reached.
 Along the track many plantations have been opened in the jungle, and produce politically. Many of the set tiers are from the United States, from the South particularly, and, it being the fashion to christen the plantations, the traveller finds over the entrances sign-boards that bear familiar names. Over the gateway to one of the finest haciendas, as they are called, is the in- scription: Johnny Reb' s Last Ditch"- forlorn and almost hopeless ex-Con- federate having drifted there, after much buffeting by fortune, and taken up Government land, on which he now is in a fair way to make a fortune.- K E. Curtis. in Harper's Magazine,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-29
VERY GREAT CITIES.
Those Whose Population Is Placed at One
 Million and Upward.

Those Whose Population Is Placed at One
 Million and Upward.
 Cities with 1000, 900 inhabitants and upward have never been plentiful in any age of the world, and their num- Der is very limited now. There are four such cities in Europe, three or four in Asia, and but one on this con- tinent. The doubt Tn regard to the number in Asia arises from the fact that it is difficult to determine whether the claim of Ranking to 1000 900 in- habitants is correct or not. Assuming it, however, to be just the rank of the very great cities of the world, based on the censuses of 1880 and 1SS1 1. would stand as follows: London, 4, 766.- 661; Paris, 2 269 OPS; Canton, 1. .60O,- GOO; New York. l, 206. 59O; Tokio, 1, 140.- 5S6; Berlin, 1,122. 360; Vienna. 1.103,- S57; Peking. 1000, 900; Nanking, 1.0OO.- 900. The round numbers given as rep resenting the population of the three Chinese cities named have very sus- picious look, and perhaps they ought to be thrown out of the account entirely. Certainly, Chinese or Jap anese estimates or partial enumera- tions are not to be placed beside properly taken census. A singular illustration of the folly of estimates was furnished by the case of TokiO. which was once believed to be the most populous city in the world, and to have 1000, 900 inhabitats. When a census came to be taken the population of the city was found to be as stated above. and this number includes the suburbs The population of the city proper was but 811. 510 In the figures given for Vienna. the suburbs are also included. As London is not a city, in the proper sense of the term, but an aggregation of municipalities. the pop ulation given is that of the metropoli- tan and city police districts which cover very large area about 26 square miles. A similar area about New York would take in all Kings County, half of Queens, Westcher and R chmond Counties. as well as Jersy Cily, Newark, and numerous small towns in New Jersey, with an aggre- gate popula ation at the last census of at least 25O. 900. and, of course. a much larger population now.-Epoeh
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-29
SIGHTS IN COSTA RIGA.
A Central American Country Whose Fer
 tiIity Is Simply Marvellous.

A Central American Country Whose Fer
 tIlity Is Simply Marvellous.
 Nearly four hundred years ago an old sailor coasted along the eastern shore of Costa Rica in a bark not much bigger than a canal-boat, searching for a passage to the western sea- He had bunk built in the bows of his little vessel, where he could rest his weary bones and look out upon the world he had discovered. There was little left of him but his will. He had explored the whole coast from Yukatan to Trinidad, and found it an unbroken line of continent-a contradiction of all his reasoning, q defiance of all his theories, and an impossible obstacle to the hopes he had cherished for thir- ty years. The geography of the New World was clear enough in his mind. The earth was globe; there was no doubt of il; and there must be a navigable belt of water around. So he groped along, seeking the passage he felt should be there, cruising into each river. and following the shore lines of each gulf and bay. Instinct lively he lowered around the narrowest portion of the continent. where was but slender strip of land. upheaved by some mighty eonvulsion, 10 shatier his theories and defy his dreams. It was the most pathetic picture in all history. Finally, overcome by age and infirmity, he had to abandon the at- tempt, and fearing to return to Spain without something to satisfy the ava rice of his sovereign, surrendered the command of his little fleet to his broth CT Bartholomew and wept while the carnival of murder and plunder. that was to last three centuries, was begun.
 Among other points visited for bar ter with the Indians was a little har- Dor in which were islands covered with lines. and Columbus marked the place upon his chart Puerto de Limon." To-day it is collection of cheap wooden houses and bamboo huts. with wharves, warehouses and railway-shops, surrounded by the most luxurious tropical vegetation. alive with birds of gorgeous plumage, ven- omous reptiles and beautiful tiger cats. Here and there about the place are patches of sugar-cane and groups of cocoanut trees, with the widespread ing bread-fruit that God gave to the tropical savage as He gave rice and maize to his northern brother, and the slender, graceful rubber-tree, whose frosty-colored mottled trunk looks like the neck of a giraffe. It scarcely casts 8 shadow; but the banana, with its long pale green plumes furnishes plenty of shelter for the palm-thatched cabins, the naked babies that play around
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-29
Was America Ever DlsOOversdf

At the time when Columbus started in search of the New World, nearly every man, woman and child in Europe insisted that there was no New World to discover. When he came back, crowned with success, a large proportion of these good people adhered to their theory; and if they were alive to-day many of them would doubtless insist that America had never. been discovered at all. A man will give up anything in the world more readily t6ah pet theory For ex- ample, look at the individuals who still maintain that consumption is fncurable. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has cured thousands upon thousands of cases, afid will cure thousands more, but these people can't give up their point. Neverthe less the "Discoveryh will cure any case of consump- tion, if taken in time:
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-29
HOME AND FARM.


 Be sure not to crowd your fowls
 Hens must be kept warm and sheltered from the inclemancies of the Weather if expected to lay in winter.
 -Farmefs should say to their boys and hired men. .'Come, boys" and not Go, boys" They are like sheep. they will follow a good leader. Good farming requires one.-Rarat New Yorker.
 In this Country nearly three dol lars worth of milk, cream, butter and cheese together are sold and consumed to every dollars worth of beef. What is more, there is not much danger that the market for dairy products will ever be less than it is now-it is prac- tically inexhaustible. - Indianapolis Sentinel,
 Verona Cream: Soak half box of gelatine in one cup of milk and add the juice of two lemons and one cup of sugarj heat untH the sugar and gelatine are dissolved. then add one pint of cream; mix well and turn into cups 10 cool. ChriStian Union.
 -Pine-Apple Cream: Dissolve one pint of gelatine in one pint of cold water. Put one pint of grated pine- apple with half pint of sugar in a saucepan, and set on the stove 10 simmer. Add the gelatine, and stir five minutes. Turn into pan and add pint of whipped cream. Set on ice. -LouisUHie Oourier-,JournGi.
 Orange Pie: Take the juice and grated rind of one orange; one small cup of sugar; yelk of three eggs; one tablespoon of corn starch, make smooth with milk; piece of butter as large as q chestnut, and one cup of milk. Beat the whites of the three eggs with sugar and place on the top after the pie Is baked, leaving in the oven until Drowned. Boston Budget.
 Fried Onions: Having peeled the on- ions, cut them in rings and throw them into enough very hot fat in the frying pan to float them. If the fat is kept at the right heat the onions will not require much attention while cooking. As soon as they are golden brown take them out of the pan with skim mer and throw them on to paper to absorb the grease. Farmer and MG'a- ufacturer.
 An observing writer remarks that farmers may be naturally divided into three classes: 1. Those who grow crops below the average, and whose lives are struggle with poverty. ?. Those who grow average crops and make living hy careful industry and close economy. 3. Those whose crops are always above the average, and who are prosperous.
 -Poulet de Swiss: Boil one cupful of rice in fou: cups of water Stir gently when done, and set in the oven with the doors open half an hour until dry. Cut up some cold scraps of boiled or roast chicken and set it over the fire in a sauce pan with little soup stock. add salt, pepper table spoonful of walnut catsup, and tea spoon of extr,ct of celery; rub d lump of butter in corn-starch to thicken. Let boil. Put the rice in a ring on heated flat dish. pour the minced chicken over and lay upon it lightly a dozen poached eggs. -Good Cheer.